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Beeren island, where, 57.
Bennet, Mr., recommended to Sir Win. Johnson, 199 ;notice of ? 212.
Bennington, the town of, patented, 332 ; claimed to hewithin the Prov. of N. Y. , 333 ; names of the in-habitants of the township of, 362; a military com-pany established at, 463 ; Esq. Munro applies forprotection against the rioters at, 472 ; lenient mea-sures towards them recommended, 473 ; armed or-ganization of the people of, ib.; governor Tryon’s let-ter to the inhabitants of, ib.; names of the leaders ofthe mob of, 475 ; order respecting the sufferers fromthe mob of, 478 ; report of the council on the disor-ders at, ib.; conditions otfered by the government ofN. Y. to the people of, 481; a report of a publicmeeting at, ib.; Gov. Tryon requires the inhabitantsof, to put certain families into re-possession of theirlands at Otter creek, 482; orders of the Gov. andcouncil of N. Y. respecting certain letters receivedfrom, 483 ; further outrages committed by the mobof, 485, 503; the people of, send an agent to London to demand an alteration in the jurisdiction of theProv., 487; the mob of, destroy Col. Reid’s settle-ment on Otter creek, 510, 512; and Mr. Munro’s potashery, 511 ; a military force demanded to put downthe rioters at, 511, 518, 534; a man unmercifullywhipped by the mob of, 517 ; Lord Dartmouth dis-approves of calling out the military against the riotersat, 518 ; the people of Charlotte county demand pro-tection against the mob of, ib.; the rioters of, erecttheir judgment seat, 520, et seq.; Esq. Spencer’s housefired by the mob, 524 ; report to the N. Y. assemblyon the proceedings of the mob of, 525 ; erect fortifi-cations on Otter creek and Onion river, 529, 534 ;and declare those who accept commissions of thepeace, enemies of the country, 531 ; Rev. Benj.Hough most cruelly whipped by the mob of, 540, elseq.; Lt. Gov. Colden reports to Lord Dartmouth therecent outrages committed by the rioters of, 550 ;forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point seized by the mobof, 553, (see Wallumschack.)
Benzel, Adolphus, notice of, 517.
Bible, not a gilt quarto, for sale in New-York , 249.
Billings, Capt. Roger, report of his scout to the nar-rows of Lake Champlain , 177.
Birds of N. Netherland, 3, 78.
Bisset, Rev. John, 657.
Blanchard, Joseph, colonel of the N. Hampshire regi-ment, 170.
Blok, Adriaen, discovers various parts of N. Nether-land, 75.
Blom, Domine, at the massacre at the Esopus, 29 ; vis-its the Manliattans, 45 ; returns to Esopus, 51.
Bloomingburg, Sullivan co., an account of a battle withthe Indians at, 48.
Boardman, Rev. Joseph, 205.
Board of Trade, extract of Gov. Wentworth’s letter tothe, 340; Lt. Gov. Colden advises the, of the dis-pute between N. Y. and N. Hampshire as to bounds,348, 351; transmits Gov. Wentworth’s proclamationto the, and pronounces the New Hampshire grants to
have been made for purposes of jobbing and fraud,354 ; report of the, containing a basis on which theyare of opinion the difficulties regarding the N. II.grants can be settled, 435 ; plan of the, for the set-tlement of the difficulties respecting the N. Hamp-shire grants, 488; approved, 502; (see, Tryon.)
Bogardns, Rev. Mr., drowned, 70.
Boniface, Rev. Ers., 190.
Book of Common Prayer in the Mohawk language, (see,Prayer Book .)
Boston , latitude and long, of, 114 ; the Scotch commis-sioners at, propose to establish English schools amongthe Indians, 202 ; people of, apprehensive that someof them will be called to G. Britain by a lord chiefjustice’s warrant, 253.
Boswyck. (see, Bushwick.)
Boundaries of the Prov. of N. York, 111.
Bradley, R., attorney-general of the Prov. of N. York,report on the eastern boundary of that province by,334.
Bradstreet, Col., authorized to allow the Presbyterians of Albany the use of the Forage house for divineworship, 199.
Brainerd, Rev. John, 226.
Brant, Joseph, an account of his introduction to theRev. Dr. Wheelock’s school, 197; Rev. Dr. Whee-lock’s character of, 207 ; Mr. C. J. Smith designs totake, as an interpreter, to the Mohawk country, 208;and to defray the expense of his education, 209; or-dered to return home, 211; assists in translating partof the New Testament into the Mohawk language, 314.
Brattleborough , declaration of the people at, of theirallegiance to N. York, 564 ; representation of, to theN. Y. Prov. Congress, ib.; census of, 623.
Breakenbridge, James, sent by the people of Benning-ton to London , to demand an alteration in the juris-diction of the Prov. of N. Y. , 487.
Breeden Raedt, extracts from the, 63.
Bressani, Rev. Frs. Jos., 189.
Brief considerations on the subject of the independenceof Vermont , 562.
Brooklyn , the Indians of, called Merekewacks, 65 ; as-sessment roll of, in 1675, 93 ; population of, in 1738,120 ; names of the inhabitants of, in 1738, 128.
Brown, J. W., of Schenectady , some particulars of, 244.
-, Rev. Thomas, apologizes for not being able to
visit Fort Hunter, 196 ; notice of, ib.; acquaints SirWm. Johnson of his intended visit to the Mohawkcastle, 221 ; determined to oppose the settlement ofDr. Wheeloek’s teachers at Fort Hunter, 232; pro-poses visiting Johnson hall, 233 ; accused of re-bap-tizing children already christened by Presbyterian ministers, ib.; invited to officiate at Great Barrington,235.
Brownists, the, obliged to quit England, 84.
Brush, Crean, 392, 525, 544, 547.
-Rev. Jacob, 657.
Bruyas, Rev. Jacques, 190.
Burton, Rev. Dr. Daniel, sec’y to the Soc. for Prop, the